GHA Milling Machine Restoration

This is a George H Alexander mill, a Deckel FP1 clone, and is my first proper machine restoration.

I picked it up cheap, and the machine had been sitting untouched for over 5 years
Everything was stiff and hard to operate. I wanted to see if I could make it work again.
I was really unsure as to how for I was going to go, I wasn't planning on painted, but I did in the end.

There are areas that need revisiting (slotting head, x axis scoring, powerfeeds) but it all functions well for now.

In total this video took 23.5 hours of editing over 3 months. Typically in 1 hour blocks.

I have a patreon account if you wish to help support the channel. Through this you can get early access and more
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0:00 Intro
0:37 Angle plate rust removal
2:07 Band sawing a spanner
2:41 Y axis
3:44 Handwheels
4:34 Handwheel clearance
5:12 Slotting head
7:09 Table
8:10 X axis
9:25 Z axis
10:30 Cutting new oil grooves
11:33 Column clean up
12:27 Coolant Tank 🤢
13:14 Stripping Paint
13:38 Paint
14:12 Masking Strip and reassembly
14:53 Accent
15:20 Final reveal

Music Credit:
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